Friday, May 23, 2008
Interesting stuff from the news...
pssst...BiH may have oil deposits here and there....
Also apparently in some circumstances people's phone calls are listened in on. No wonder so many people carry mobile phones!
Not that I have anything awful to hide. . .
The A.C.L.U. would have a further field day here, for reasons of security video cameras are all over the place. I was aware of that fact, it doesn't hugely bother me. At least if anyone does anythign bad to me, it will likely end up on film and the perpetrators will not have a nice time. So I am not bothered. Still I remember as an A.C.L.U. member working against the whole concept of video cams everywhere! Big Brother or something like that ? Alive and well here.
As well there was some sort of demonstration I did not know about ahead, thank God I was nowhere near the place. I guess the police dispersed it. Again, glad not to have been anywhere near.
Beautiful sunny weather, but it's changeable, there has also been a tiny tiny bit of rain.
Also apparently in some circumstances people's phone calls are listened in on. No wonder so many people carry mobile phones!
Not that I have anything awful to hide. . .
The A.C.L.U. would have a further field day here, for reasons of security video cameras are all over the place. I was aware of that fact, it doesn't hugely bother me. At least if anyone does anythign bad to me, it will likely end up on film and the perpetrators will not have a nice time. So I am not bothered. Still I remember as an A.C.L.U. member working against the whole concept of video cams everywhere! Big Brother or something like that ? Alive and well here.
As well there was some sort of demonstration I did not know about ahead, thank God I was nowhere near the place. I guess the police dispersed it. Again, glad not to have been anywhere near.
Beautiful sunny weather, but it's changeable, there has also been a tiny tiny bit of rain.
# posted by Katja R. @ 5:56 AM 
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Never rely on the "I have nothing to hide" line of reasoning. It's not much help when you've been mixed up with somebody else.
# posted by 
: 3:01 PM
: 3:01 PM
very true Owen, and conceivably,We (editorial we, NOT to be confused with Royal We! No delusions of grandeur here!) are not that likely to be confused with someone else.
On a personal level, I find it creepy how much surveillance there is all over the place. Unfortunately the good people of England lost that battle a long time ago, as did the good people of the Republic of Ireland. I feel bad that the battle isn't even being fought here. Mostly It isn't because people here are familiar with only three things, more or less benevolent Socialism, war, and the current less than ideal situation. Real democracy is barely a dream here sadly, and it is too bad, because most of the people here literally are the salt of the earth.
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On a personal level, I find it creepy how much surveillance there is all over the place. Unfortunately the good people of England lost that battle a long time ago, as did the good people of the Republic of Ireland. I feel bad that the battle isn't even being fought here. Mostly It isn't because people here are familiar with only three things, more or less benevolent Socialism, war, and the current less than ideal situation. Real democracy is barely a dream here sadly, and it is too bad, because most of the people here literally are the salt of the earth.
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